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As a frontier territory in colonial America, Tennessee developed many marksmen who were skilled with rifles. When fellow Tennesseean General [[Andrew Jackson]] called for volunteers to help him fight the British in New Orleans at the end of the War of 1812, Tennessee marksmen volunteered in droves and provided the young nation of America with its most decisive victory at the [[Battle of New Orleans]].
As a frontier territory in colonial America, Tennessee developed many marksmen who were skilled with rifles. When fellow Tennesseean General [[Andrew Jackson]] called for volunteers to help him fight the British in New Orleans at the end of the War of 1812, Tennessee marksmen volunteered in droves and provided the young nation of America with its most decisive victory at the [[Battle of New Orleans]].
[[File:Protesters of Occupy Knoxville oct 2011.jpg|thumb|left|Protesters in Knoxville, Oct 2011.]]
In 1920, Tennessee was the state that provided the necessary number of states to ratify the [[Nineteenth Amendment]] to the US Constitution, a victory for the suffragists.
In 1920, Tennessee was the state that provided the necessary number of states to ratify the [[Nineteenth Amendment]] to the US Constitution, a victory for the suffragists.